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What Happens When Two Miners Find a Block at the Same Second? Inside an Orphan Race

On March 24, 2026, Antpool mined block 941,881 at 15:49:35 UTC while Foundry USA mined its own, completely different version of block 941,881 just 12 seconds later, splitting Bitcoin’s blockchain…

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Top 10 Publicly Traded Firms by BTC Holdings Reveal a Million-Bitcoin Power Bloc

Ten public companies now hold more than 1 million bitcoin between them, and the gap between the winners and losers on Wall Street has never been wider. In 2026, Saylor’s…

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Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment Explained: How the Network Punishes Itself Every Two Weeks

Every 2,016 blocks, i.e. roughly every two weeks, Bitcoin automatically resets how hard it is to mine a block, a self-correcting rule that swung from an 11.16% cut on Feb.…

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Ethereum’s 12 Biggest Wallets Expose 6 Exchanges Controlling 6.6 Million ETH

Ethereum’s largest wallets hold more than 82% of the supply tracked across the network’s top 12 addresses, according to onchain data reviewed by Bitcoin.com News. The list spans staking infrastructure,…

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Bitcoin Chain Splits Explained: Why Every BTC Holder Gets a New 1:1 Asset

Bitcoin has two forks on the calendar for 2026. Developer Paul Sztorc plans a deliberate hard fork called eCash, activating at block height 964,000, expected around August 21. Separately, a…

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What Is Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade? New Consensus Could Deliver 150ms Transaction Finality

Solana’s next major protocol overhaul is edging closer to reality, and developers say it could dramatically reduce transaction confirmation times while simplifying the network’s core mechanics. Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Targets…

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